-PTI A government-appointed committee under Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian to look into the issue of bonus to promote pulses cultivation will submit its report to Finance Minister. A government-appointed committee under Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian to look into the issue of bonus to promote pulses cultivation will submit its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tomorrow. “Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Dr Arvind Subramanian will present the Report of Pulses Committee to...
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Production of kharif pulses seen surging 48% to 8.2 million tonnes -Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Govt also revises Rabi target upwards to 14.4 million tonnes Bengaluru: Higher acreage, driven by the rebound in monsoon rainfall this year, is seen lifting the country’s pulses production by about 48 per cent in the current kharif season to around 8.22 million tonnes (mt) against 5.54 mt produced in the corresponding season last year, according to the Agriculture Ministry. Production of arhar or tur is seen up by...
More »NCRB goofs up on number of arrests under cyber law Sec 66A -Aloke Tikku
-Hindustan Times The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) conceded on Friday that its crime statistics for 2014 and 2015 had misreported cases registered under Section 66A, a cyber law under the Information Technology Act that was scrapped by the Supreme Court last year. The NCRB’s ‘Crime in India’ report released last month had put the number of people arrested under Section 66A at 3,137 in 2015 and 2423 in 2014. This implied...
More »India-US renewable energy dispute reaches WTO yet again
-Down to Earth India has complained about subsidies and domestic content requirements in eight US states which favour American companies over Imports Earlier this year, the US won a major case against India at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It had complained that the domestic content requirements (DCR) in India’s solar mission favoured Indian manufacturers, violating trade agreements signed by both parties. Now, India has complained to the WTO on similar grounds....
More »From Plate to Plough: Connecting the drops -Ashok Gulati & Bharat Sharma
-The Indian Express An enduring solution to India’s water woes lies in buffer stocking during monsoon months and release during lean seasons. Till June end this year, the government was worried about how to cope with back-to-back drought. But by the second half of August, the scene changed dramatically and several states were in the spate of floods. In Bihar, more than five million people have been affected and 6,50,000 displaced from...
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